Begister wall guard



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E.. G. HEARTlcK REGIs'r-ER` WALL GUARD Filed Jan. s, 1922 Patented July 3l, 19123.

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REGISTERI wannV GUARD.

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Be it known that EDWARD G. Hnanfricn,

citizen of the United States of America, residing at Louisville, in the county o'fJeerson` and State of Kentucky, has invented certa-in new and useful `Imp/movements in Register I'Vall Guards, of which the following is a specification. i

Thisinvention relates to heating and venf 4 lisionwith the guard` willvnot trip but will simply kick the guard before him. u j A third important object of ;the,inven tion Vis to providey animproved light and 'eiicient guardy which whenl applied to a floor registery locatedvnear a wall will.` deect the hot air rising through the register away from the wall and thus prevent discoloration of the wall. l i

A fourth important object of the invention is to provide a floor-register. guard which is of such improved construction that baffles of cheesevcloth or otherlike material may be employed for the purpose of preventing dust from enteringthe room from the register.

i A fth important object 0f the invention is to provide a iioor register' guardhaving an improved arrangement of baffles which may be moistened with a suitable medican ment for causing the air of a room to have antiseptic lor curative properties or which may similarly be perfumed for giving an agreeable scent to the air.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fullydescribed,

.illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

and specifically claimed. y d

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and

Figure l is a view of the blank from which the preferred form of theinvention is made.

. irrigare 2 aga: freetime@ ffttefpfe'. ferred form.

d Figure 3 is ,any end elevation .thereof.showd-L vmanner` of holding `thel baiiies in,

ing" the place;

Figure 4 isa cross section oi thepreferred;

rornishowing one arrangement oi' battles, f

baiiie.

Ia ai@ `antoaiment if ai@ invention asy herein illustrated the preferred lform` is ,-'disyl j closed in Figures 1 to inclusiveand in this i" form a blank of thinsheetginetalis employed to form `the body and sides 'Of the hood. ,This blank consists of a rectangular,

center4 portion l0 ateachendofjwhichis', a multiplicity ofstrips l1 eachfdeined vfrom.`v thev body byv la fold linef12 andseparated-f," from the adjacent strips by -slits 13.` The free d. ends of these strips are-jlprefferably rounded as at lland infeach free endis;

punched orvotherwiseuforined a hole l5. These strips l1 lare all of the same length Figure 5 is a lview'siniilar to Figure jbilt showing a second iorm-` or arrangement of,l

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at bothends. .Along ytheedgesl ofthe. and the outermost 'strips areedgefolds `16 y defined by the told lines 17.'

In forming the device froinrthis blank` I the-edge *folds are doubled to form the.V

beads l8vshoWn ini'Figures 3, .45, and v5,.-v

lAfterthis the stripes ll are bentrat rightv angles to the body and the latter curved are then passed throughthe respective sets` of holes and nuts 20 screwed thereon. This completes the device in its plain form without lbailes and it maybe used in this form by placing it over` a floor register withithe body 'curved away from the adjacent wall so that the hot 'air rising fromv the register. will be directed by the curvature of the hood in a substantially'horizontal direction awayv from said wall.

.In Figure 4 one arrangement of battles ,l

is shown kin whichaf plurality of narrow Vstrips 21` yare employed. These strips, lin

common with any of the other baffles used,

vmay be made of any desired fabric such as f loosely woven cotton goods (cheese cloth is l found very suitable) .or anyv othermaterial adaptable for the purpose, In this form the baies are arranged in .staggered relation.

In the form in Figure 5l a single 'baie'22 is A n' l.

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employed which is made of a porous fabric and extends practically across4 the entire hood so that the incoming air is filtered through the fabric lwhile the other orin traps the dust by the dust laden air striking against the baliies and sticking thereto.

These baiiles are applied by wedging adjacent end strips ll apart and tucking the ends of the baiies between thorn, a pin being inserted to prevent accidental withdrawal as shown 'in Figure 3. It is obvious that other' arrangements of battles maybe used as de sired'.

. It is to be noted that the material of which the hood is made is very light so that the hood is so light that, if struck by the foot, it will be pushed out of the way and not tri-p the person striking it.

There has thus been provided a vsirnple and eiiicient device of the kind described and for the purposes specified.

lt is obvious that minor changes may be made in the forni and construction of the invention withoutdeparting troni the material principles thereof. lt is not therefore desired to coninethe invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it isA wished to include4 all such as properly cornev within the scope claimed.

Having thus "described the invention, what isi claimed as new, is y l. In a device rof the kind described, a hood forined of a single piece of sheet metal having its centralportion bent to arcuate shape and its ends slit and bent at right angles tothe body to provide strips having theiry free ends overlaping, and nieans to hold said free ends in overlapping relation and the free ends on one side in fixedly spaced relation to the free ends on the other SldB.' y

2. In a device of the kind described, a

hood formed ot a single piece ot sheet metal having its central portion bent to arcuate shape .and its ends slit and bent at right angles to the body'to provide strips having their tree ends overlapping, means to hold said tree ends in overlapping. relation and the free ends on one side in iXedly spaced relation to the free ends on the other side, and a baille arranged across the hood and having its ends secured between adjacent end strips.

3. In a device of the kind described, a

hood formed of .a single piece of sheet nieta] having its central portion bent to arcuate shape and its ends slit andfbent at right angles to the body to provide strips overlapping at their free ends, and arod connecting the strips at one'end with'the strips at the other. j

' ln a device of the `kind described, a hood formed of a single piece of sheet inetal having its central portion bent to arcuate shape and its ends slitv and bent at right angles to the body to provide strips overlapping at their free ends, a rod connecting the strips, and a baille arranged across the hood and having its ends secured between adjacent end strips.

5. ln a device of the kind described, a hood formed ot a single piece of sheet metal having its central portion bent to arcuate shape and its ends slit and bent at right angles to thebody to providev strips overlapping at their free ends, a rod connecting the strips at one end'with the strips at the other,

a baille consisting of a fabric strip having its ends tucked between adjacent end strips at opposite sides of the body, and pins extending through the outwardly projecting end portions of the battle.

In testimony whereof l atiiX my signature.

EDWARD G. HARTlCK. 

